Psychology (paperback) (4th Edition)
Psychology (paperback) (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780205973361
Author: Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14.9, Problem 3PQ
Summary Introduction

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Personality disorder differs from other psychological disorders, this disorder does not influence a person’s life, and however, it affects adjustment of the entire life of a person. Personality disorder is not always for an entire lifetime. In personality disorder a person adopts rigid, persistent, and maladaptive patterns of behaviors, which interfere by general social interactions.

According to the DSM-5 list there are 10 primary types of these disorders that come under three categories: people in first category are seen as eccentric or odd with others, people in second category behave very dramatically, emotional or erratically and people in third category have anxiety or fearfulness is present as the main emotion. All three categories can be labeled as: Cluster A, Cluster B, and Cluster C.

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